Western Electric
Color Charts
Sewing Machine -
Automatic Answering Service
"Mirrophone" wire ribbon recorder/player
Telephones -
PicturePhone
- Bell Chime
So many times people don't know what
color Western Electric (Bell System) phones they have. Although the colors on your monitor
may not accurately reproduce the scanned colors, it should help you in color
identification of the telephone(s) you have. An interesting
piece of information is that SYSTIMAX and Avaya still uses some of the color
codes to this day on many of their parts they manufacture. An example is
the MPS100E-112, which is the Cat 5e data outlet, which the (112) signifies
orange or the M104SMB-A-03 surface mount box, which the (03) signifies black.
This shows the continuity and legacy that Western Electric still has to this
day.
Chart 1 shows the standard colors of
the Western Electric telephones made until 1984 when AT&T released new colors
such as the peach Princess.
Chart 2 shows colors for the
telephone parts / components, i.e. transformers etc.
The gray dots showing in the middle of each
color are holes in the original chart to let you view the phone or phone part through the
hole for a better color comparison. Keep in mind that the original charts have yellowed
slightly due to age of the paper, so the ink colors may have changed slightly from the
original colors. Also note that the assortment of colors offered by Western Electric was
not always as these 1983 charts show; some colors were discontinued or added over the
years.
Many thanks to
Todd Bernstein for this contribution!
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